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Show HN: Markdawn — a different kind of writing platform

24 points by lcnmrn 13y ago

I designed and developed a writing platform after seven years helping people having a good looking blog with a very popular WordPress theme, “The Journalist”.

krrishd 13y ago
Seems pretty nice. To me it looks like an open-to-all, more technical and concise version of Medium or Svbtle, one I would use more. Just curious, was this the intention?
- lcnmrn 13y ago
  Yes. It's a designer and developer take at Medium, Svbtle which doesn't ignore Markdown syntax as a future standard.
  - abdophoto 13y ago
    This is really cool and interesting. Do you think by allowing anyone to register you might run into the problem of "noise" as we've seen on pretty much all sites that let anyone post. That's an area where Svbtle clearly seems to be focused on.
    - lcnmrn 13y ago
      That's the reason I built tools like following favorite writers, remarks, bookmarks and read count. 'Popular' and 'Recent' pages are there just for the discovery process. Svbtle needs editors, where on Markdawn you're the editor for the people you like most.
MAGZine 13y ago
This is interesting... I'm intrigued to write something. One thing, though--would it be possible to have it sign you in after completing activation? :)
- lcnmrn 13y ago
  I'm not sure if that's the deal breaker at this stage, but I added it as a bug.
  - MAGZine 13y ago
    Not at all, an entry in a bugtracker is more than enough visibility - it's just a small usability thing that's nice to have :)
derrida 13y ago
I entered a bad password just to check it out, but you should really use https
iambateman 13y ago
Tried out this service, and it's pretty nice. In the founder's post[1], he talks about the pitfalls of Twitter/FB. Would love to see tighter integration between these services. I'd use a service like this as a simple "mind dump" space. Sort of like JSFiddle for essays. Less work than Tumblr, but I don't see the differentiation from Medium. [1] http://markdawn.com/post/14/ http://markdawn.com/post/14/
- lcnmrn 13y ago
  Thank you for the nice words. I'm trying to build a minimal social layer underneath, that's neither intrusive or abusive so you can check later on your favorite writers.
mVChr 13y ago
Nice looking idea, but it really needs an About page. I tend not to sign up for things without knowing what I'm supposed to use them for or what they're going to use me for.
- systems 13y ago
  http://markdawn.com/post/1/ http://markdawn.com/post/1/ the link was at the bottom of the page but i agree with you, it should be made more visible
vbit 13y ago
The service seems pretty nice. Would be great to see links to 'about markdown' or related posts from the homepage though.
fit2rule 13y ago
What does this site do? I can't tell by first looking at it - do I really have to register to get a clue?
tannerbrockwell 13y ago
There is a bug in displaying the first paragraph. I was unable to set it in a code block, as indented paragraphs or anything but by putting a throw away line in the first paragraph and then format the subsequent ones...

24 points by lcnmrn 13y ago

I designed and developed a writing platform after seven years helping people having a good looking blog with a very popular WordPress theme, “The Journalist”.

krrishd 13y ago

Seems pretty nice. To me it looks like an open-to-all, more technical and concise version of Medium or Svbtle, one I would use more. Just curious, was this the intention?

lcnmrn 13y ago
Yes. It's a designer and developer take at Medium, Svbtle which doesn't ignore Markdown syntax as a future standard.
- abdophoto 13y ago
  This is really cool and interesting. Do you think by allowing anyone to register you might run into the problem of "noise" as we've seen on pretty much all sites that let anyone post. That's an area where Svbtle clearly seems to be focused on.
  - lcnmrn 13y ago
    That's the reason I built tools like following favorite writers, remarks, bookmarks and read count. 'Popular' and 'Recent' pages are there just for the discovery process. Svbtle needs editors, where on Markdawn you're the editor for the people you like most.

MAGZine 13y ago

This is interesting... I'm intrigued to write something. One thing, though--would it be possible to have it sign you in after completing activation? :)

lcnmrn 13y ago
I'm not sure if that's the deal breaker at this stage, but I added it as a bug.
- MAGZine 13y ago
  Not at all, an entry in a bugtracker is more than enough visibility - it's just a small usability thing that's nice to have :)

derrida 13y ago

I entered a bad password just to check it out, but you should really use https

iambateman 13y ago

Tried out this service, and it's pretty nice. In the founder's post[1], he talks about the pitfalls of Twitter/FB. Would love to see tighter integration between these services. I'd use a service like this as a simple "mind dump" space. Sort of like JSFiddle for essays. Less work than Tumblr, but I don't see the differentiation from Medium. [1] http://markdawn.com/post/14/ http://markdawn.com/post/14/

lcnmrn 13y ago
Thank you for the nice words. I'm trying to build a minimal social layer underneath, that's neither intrusive or abusive so you can check later on your favorite writers.

mVChr 13y ago

Nice looking idea, but it really needs an About page. I tend not to sign up for things without knowing what I'm supposed to use them for or what they're going to use me for.

systems 13y ago
http://markdawn.com/post/1/ http://markdawn.com/post/1/ the link was at the bottom of the page but i agree with you, it should be made more visible

vbit 13y ago

The service seems pretty nice. Would be great to see links to 'about markdown' or related posts from the homepage though.

fit2rule 13y ago

What does this site do? I can't tell by first looking at it - do I really have to register to get a clue?

tannerbrockwell 13y ago

There is a bug in displaying the first paragraph. I was unable to set it in a code block, as indented paragraphs or anything but by putting a throw away line in the first paragraph and then format the subsequent ones...